San Antonio can't get enough of Bud Jones Restaurant — and we're not just talking about all the fish you can eat. The local seafood shrine at 1440 SW Military Drive has netted its fourth consecutive Readers' Choice win for best neighborhood restaurant/South Side.

Makes sense since the corner of Southwest Military Drive and Commercial Avenue is no stranger to neighborly love. The lore on the Bud Jones website goes that when the restaurant first opened its doors in October 1958, founder Bud Jones was so overwhelmed on grand opening day he scrambled out the back door and begged a woman hanging laundry next door to lend a hand. That helpful soul, Bernice Housos, would work at the restaurant until her death in 2008.

“We have such great loyalty from our customers ...,” says owner and Bud's daughter Kathy Jones Bettencourt. “From great-grandfathers down to little T-ball players, they just keep coming back.”

It helps that the fish-and-chips mainstay also caters to landlubbers with steaks grilled and country-fried, burgers short and tall and enchiladas large and larger. But Bud Jones is first and foremost all about the fried fish, golden and sprawling off the plate. And it's all you — and only “you” — can eat. As the menu blares in all caps: NO REORDERS ON SHARED BASIS OR TO GO CONTAINERS.